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E. A. SHARP.

ADOCUMENT FILE. No. 481.593. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

M HU UNITED STATES ATNT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. SHARP, OF ROGERS PARK, ILLINOIS.

DOCUMENT-FILE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,593, dated August30, 1892.

Application filed .T une 24, 1892. Serial No. 437363. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SHARE', a citizen of the United States,residin g at Rogers Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Document-Files, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention is intended to provide a file in book form which shall beappropriate for holding letters, bills, and other documents and whichshall be so arranged as to permit of easy inspection, and thus enableany particular paper to be found with facility. It is also intended topermit the easy removal or insertion of any paper Without disturbing theothers. At the same time the papers are securely held, so that none arelikely to drop out accidentally. One purpose for which the file isespecially adapted is the holding of freight-tariffs and thesupplementary sheets which are constantly being issued to amend them.Any paper contained in the file can be found without loosening the'file, while at the same time the individual sheets are not fastened, andit thus becomes an easy matter to make such changes in the papers filedas are required from time to time. ing the form of a book, is easilystowed and handled.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the file,showing the cover open. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the file, showingthe fastening of the several parts.

The principal parts of the file are a folded cover A, the clamps B B',and a flap O, which serves as a connection between the cover A and theclamp B, and, if desired, an index G. The cover A and the flap O may bemade of strong and stifif paper and the clamps B B' of thin strips ofwood. The flap C consists of two thicknesses of paper, as seen insection, Fig. 2. Between these two thicknesses are inserted the ends ofthe clamps B B', and the fiaps and clamps are Secured to each other bywire staples D, which may be inserted by means of any of the well-knownwire-stitching machines, such as are used for sewing up The filehavpamphlets. In like manner the flaps C are attached to the cover A bythe staples E at their folds. An elastic band F secures the outer endsof the clamps B B' to each other. VVithin the clamps B B' an index Gmaybe placed and Secured to the flap C. The same staples E may serve tofasten the flap C to the 'cover A and the index, if both be used. It isnot always necessary to use the cover A outside of the clamps when theindex is used, as the index then'serves as a'cover to the papers. Itherefore include either the index G or the cover A under the termc0ver.

In using the device the papers are inserted between the clamps B B', thelatter being opened after the band F is slipped from their ends. If theindex G is use'd, the papers are of course placed between theproper'leaves thereof. If it be desired to find any particular paper, itcan be done without releasing the clamps B B', the opening of the outercover A exposing the papers, so that their ends or corners may be turneddown until the proper one is reached. Such paper can be withdrawn fromthe file without releasing the clamps B B', if desired. If a new one isto be inserted, however, the clamps must be opened.

I claim 1. The improved file comprising a folded cover, clamps, as B B',and a flap C, forming a connection by which the clamps B B' are hingedto the cover, and afastenin'g, as F, for the outer ends of said clamps,substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a paper-file, of an outer cover A, clamps B B'within said cover, a flap (J, forning an attachment between the clamps BB' and the cover A, an index G, included within said clamps and likewisesecured to said flap, and a fastening, as F, for the outer ends of saidclamps, substantially as described.

EDWARD A. SHARP.

Witnesses IRWIN VEEDER, Tom) MASON.

